I imagine nearly everything there is to be said about Samuel Delany's Times Square Red, Times Square Blue has probably been said. It manages to be a beautiful and also filthy portrayal of a city and a culture in shift. Times Square Red, Times Square Blue is about the decimation of a certain type of queer life, mirrored in the way a city changes. It seamlessly an era of New York City to the type of queer sex that was available, forcing the reader to connect the construct of a city to the people that actually inhabit it.
Read MoreAlthough I was interested in the history of the island, I wasn’t sure if the book would scratch my itch and was very pleasantly surprised. The 2014 edition starts off with a new preface where the author hints at some lesbian drama in her own life. This energy is carried forward into the introduction which, unexpectedly and delightedly, includes lengthy descriptions of the flirtation between the author and the then 80-something "Kay" (undoubtedly Kay Guinness).
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